Patreena Bryan, an ex-Titirangi School for the Deaf student reminisces when students would be going home for the holidays, and how they’d all wake up at 5am in excitement for the day (and holidays) ahead!
Titirangi School for the Deaf: Going home for the holidays
2023 •
- Deaf Education
Patreena Bryan, an ex-Titirangi School for the Deaf student reminisces when students would be going home for the holidays, and how they'd all wake up at 5am in excitement for the day (and holidays) ahead!
Taonga source:
Patreena Bryan
Produced by:
Rachel Coppage
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, PB-ST06-EDU23
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This work is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
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